Where does “thế thì” come from?

thế thì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thế, from Chinese 矢, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

thế thì (Vietnamese): so; then; in that case

Definitions

  1. so; then; in that case

Ancestry of “thế thì”, step by step

thế thì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethếposition; posture; condition; situation; power;...
2Chinese矢—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Vietnamese thì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethìDated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...
2Chinese時—
3Old Chinese之—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →